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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. System of practices - techniques - procedures and rules used by those who work in a discipline






2. A method of estimating a component of work. the work is decomposed into more detail. an estimate is prepared of what is needed to meet the requirements of each of the lower - more detailed pieces of work - and these estimates are then aggregated into






3. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






4. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion






5. A formally constituted group of stakeholders responsible for reviewing - evaluating - approving - delaying or rejecting changes to a project - with all the decisions and recommendations being recorded






6. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






7. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management






8. Document describing how roles and responsibilities - reporting relationships and staffing management will be addressed and structured for the project






9. Group of persons with a shared objective who fulfill their roles with little or no time spent meeting fact to face.






10. The process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact






11. Type of procurement document used to request proposals from prospective sellers of products or services.






12. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






13. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






14. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






15. Developing a document that formally authorizes a project or phase and documenting initial requirement that satisfy the stakeholders needs and expectations






16. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






17. Tracking - reviewing - regulating the progress to meet the performance objectives defined in the project management plan






18. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






19. A request - demand or assertion of rights by a seller against a buyer or vice versa for consideration - compensation - or payment under the terms of a legally binding contract (such as for a disputed change)






20. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






21. Assumptions are factors that - for planning purposes - are considered to be true - real - or certain without proof or demonstration






22. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






23. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






24. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






25. Describes how the project management team will implement the performing organizations quality plan.






26. Any of all process related assets - from any or all of the organizations involved in the project that are or can be used to influence the project's success. these process assets include formal or informal plans - policies - procedures and guidelines.






27. Learning gained from the process of performing the project






28. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






29. Any item - internal or external - that is required by a process before that process proceeds






30. Reviewing all change requests - approving changes - and managing changes to the deliverables - organizational process assets - project documents and project management plan






31. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






32. Analytical technique that uses mathematical models to forecast future outcomes based on historical results. it is a method of determining the variance from a baseline parameter by using prior progress reporting periods data and projecting how much th






33. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






34. Documenting the actions necessary to define - prepare - integrate and coordinate all subsidiary plans






35. One or more numerical or text values that identify characteristics of the work or in some way categorize the schedule activity that allows filtering and ordering of activities within reports






36. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu






37. Category or rank used to distinguish items that have the same functional use but do not share the same requirements for quality






38. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






39. Determining which risks may affect the project and documenting their characteristics






40. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions






41. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






42. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






43. An imperfection or deficiency in a project component where that component does not meet requirements or specifications and needs to be either repaired or replaced






44. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






45. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






46. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date






47. Implementing risk response plans - tracking identified risks - monitoring residual risks - identifying new risks and evaluating risk process throughout the project






48. A product - result or service generated by a process






49. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






50. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component